LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 23
LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 23
23 . Adjustment of boundaries of Crown land for purposes of survey or resurvey
(1) If the Minister
proposes to survey or resurvey the internal or external boundaries (or both)
of Crown land the subject of any interests or caveats, the Minister may, with
or without the consent of the holders of the interests, or of the relevant
caveators, by order make any adjustment to those boundaries the Minister
considers necessary, in accordance with a plan of survey or sketch plan
specified in the order, without any obligation to make or pay compensation.
(2) On the
registration of an order referred to in subsection (1), the internal or
external boundaries (or both) of the relevant Crown land are adjusted
accordingly —
(a)
despite the existence of any interests registered or caveats lodged in respect
of that Crown land; and
(b) with
or without the consent of the holders of those interests or of the relevant
caveators.
(3) The Minister must
ensure that an adjustment made under subsection (2) is made in conformity with
sound planning and land management principles so as to cause as little
detriment as possible to any interest or caveat affected by that adjustment.
(4) On the adjustment
under subsection (2) of the internal or external boundaries (or both) of Crown
land subject to interests or caveats, the interests or caveats apply to the
relevant locations or lots within those boundaries and not to the Crown land
referred to in the instruments which created those interests or caveats.
[Section 23 amended: No. 38 of 2005 s. 7; No. 4 of
2023 s. 12.]